Bruce Brockbank is hoping for perfect weather Sunday in central Oklahoma, while his BYU team stays away from Karsten Creek Golf Club. That way, nobody could say the Cougars enjoyed an advantage in the NCAA Championship.
BYU is in the 24-team men’s field for the first time since the national tournament adopted a schedule that included a Sunday round. Because school policy prohibits Sunday activity, the Cougars will be allowed to play Thursday in what counts as their third round in the 72-hole, stroke-play portion of the event in Stillwater, Okla.
As the BYU women’s team did in 2016, the Cougars will tee off one by one Thursday, accompanied by a walking scorer after the other teams have completed their practice rounds and the Sunday hole locations are created.